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It's hard to review the app without bias when I immediately had to scroll to the bottom to see if 37signals created this product. So much of the website, sales
by thenotself 16y ago
It's hard to review the app without bias when I immediately had to scroll to the bottom to see if 37signals created this product. So much of the website, sales pitch, and product sensibility has been inspired by 37signal that there is some serious brand confusion. It makes me wonder how well you know your own product, or how unique it is.
After registering, I see the value. 10 years ago, I used to have to plan websites by mocking up each page, printing them out, and taping them all up onto a giant wall with post-it notes explaining what the user can do on each page. This was the only way that management could really visualize and understand what changes we were making. This allows you to do that without the wall, and the collaboration is a nice addition. It's also a great way to look back and see how a project came to light. I often jot down these sorts of notes when planning a web app.
I recommend you reconsider being so inspired by 37signals that it's hard to tell your site apart from theirs. I think I'm being kind in how I'm describing this to you. It's very confusing for any user who is familiar with 37signals and it makes your product less trustworthy.
- thenotself 16y agoOne other note: it emails me about every change or addition I make to a project. There appears to be no way to opt out of this. By creating a page with 10 user actions, I'd get 11 different emails from you. Please add a way to opt out, and consider instead sending a digest of all changes made daily.
- hajrice 16y agoGreat idea. We'll add that to our next release(should be implemented in a matter of a couple hours). I'll disable the email notifications for now.
- hajrice 16y agoHi there. I just pushed the disabled email notifications. Sorry if Chalkboard flooded you, it's totally our fault.
- johnny22 16y agoreminds me of a redmine option called "stealth mode" . On issue/ticket pages you can choose to enable stealth mode when doing housecleaning tasks or initial setup to stop the deluge of email temporarily
- hajrice 16y agoHey. Thanks for the feedback. The website is horrible...and while we had many variations of the design which looked nothing like this, we went with this design. We're not really trying to sell the product yet, our billing isn't working well so we're not charging anyone until we get that fixed. The design of this website isn't really that cool, it's more (like you said) a standard SaaS website, as we're still validating our assumptions regarding our solution to the problem with an MVP.
- clyfe 16y agoI think 37 inspiration is a good thing it ultimately leeds to a good product with familiar feel. There is no trademark on layout or "less is more" is it? That is like saying we can't do gui apps based on the window metaphor because MS. PS. I was struck by the same feeling. The layout, the -hq suffix, the big sign-up button, the scroll, the minimalism, the friendly phrase, and not to mention "the product" (collaboration), AND THE PRICING (149$) :) worth building on other's market study.